Ad-Aware SE
Personal is one of the tools you can use to remove adware and
spyware from your PC. It should be updated and ran at
least once every two weeks or whenever a pop-up ad appears on
your computer. We recommend to run this scan when you are not
planning on using the computer for an hour or more.
Printable PDF version.
1. Start Ad-Aware
by opening the "Mr. Pink Utilities" folder on your desktop and
double clicking "Ad-Aware SE Personal"
2.
When Ad-Aware is started it may notify you that your definitions
are out of date.
Click "OK."
3.
Click on "Connect" to begin checking and downloading the latest
definitions.
4.
When a new definition file is found,
click "OK."
5.
Wait for the definitions to download completely.
6.
When the definitions are downloaded,
click "Finish."
Your adware/spyware definitions are now up to date and you are
ready to begin scanning the system.
7.
Click on "Start."
8.
Select "Perform full system scan" by clicking in the circle if
it is not all ready selected. Click "Next."
9. The scan process can take
minutes or hours depending on the speed of the computers, the
amount of files on the hard drive and how badly infected the
system may be.
When it does finish, click "Next."
10.
Right click on one of the empty check boxes and click "Select
All Objects."
11.
Once all of the check boxes are checked, click "Next."
12.
Click "OK" to clean the system.
13.
If a windows appears stating "Some objects could not be
removed.", click "OK."
13a. Shut down and restart Windows as
you normally would.
13b. When Ad-Aware opens on
reboot, step through the scan process. Windows will finish
booting when Ad-Aware is closed.
14.
Ad-Aware will return to the start screen after it has completed
removing all the adware and spyware it found.
Click on the red X in the upper
right hand corner to close Ad-Aware.
